Janet Holmes à Court
Business woman and philanthropist

Prof Fiona Stanley
AC Former Australian of the Year

Dr Charlie Teo AM
Neurosurgeon

Kirsten Drysdale
Journalist and writer

Layne Beachley AO
Surfing legend, keynote speaker, trainer and author

Mary Kostakidis
Journalist, former SBS news presenter and human rights advocate

Nicholas Cowdery AM
Director of NSW Public Prosecutions (1994-2011), university lecturer, international consultant on criminal justice issues

Nikki Gemmell
Author and columnist

Peter FitzSimons AM
Journalist, radio and tv personality, author and former union player

Phillip Adams AO
Radio presenter, writer, film-maker, humanist and social commentator

Prof Simon Chapman AO
Emeritus professor & public health advocate

Tracey Spicer
Newsreader and journalist

Andrew Denton
Television presenter, producer, writer and comedian

David Williamson AO
Australia’s most produced Playwright

Dick Smith
Australian of the Year 1987, entrepreneur and adventurer

Elizabeth Evatt AC
Former judge and human rights activist

The Hon Gareth Evans AM QC
International policy maker, former Australian government minister

Prof George Williams AO
Dean of the Law Faculty University of NSW

Jane Caro
Novelist, social commentator, writer and lecturer

John Bell AO OBE
Actor, theatre director and theatre manager
